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F. LlNDEEN.' SAFETY DEVICIE FOR POCKETS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 28, 1916.

Patented 0ct.14,1919.

4 'UNITED i STATES PATENT @me FRANK LINDEEN, or CLINTON, ILLINOIS, As'sIerNoR or o-Nnsoenm fro JASPER' ARMSTRONG, or cLINToN, ILIiINofIsQ' I y SAFETY' DEVICE Fon" POCKET-s.v

To all whomrz't may concern: Y i v Beit known that I, FRANK LINDEEN, a citizen of the United States, lresiding'fin Glinton,=county of Dewitt,-State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and "useful :Improvements in Safety Devices for Pockets, off which the following is a specification. y invention relates to a safety device forxpockets. Y Y l Y K Various Vimprovements in the modern art of clothes making having been devised from time 'to time, the idea being tov perfect the system of manufacture," to lower thecost of Y makingandv at 'the same time to give tone and eleganceto thegarment, to arrange convenient pockets and to generally render the same more attractive andsalable;

The object of the present invention is to provide a safety device for pockets, which will be so arranged that articles placedfin a pocket cannot be dumped out or removed without inserting the hand.

To accomplish this I tit an additional pocket within the usual and outer pocket which is shorter than the outer pocket and is open at the bottom, z'. c. it is provided with an opening which is normally closed by a folding and lapping flap that can be easily pushed downward and outward as the hand enters to place articles within or remove them from the pocket.

I carry out the above and other objects as lhereinafter set forth in the following description and as particularly pointed out in the appended claim, reference being had to Vthe accompanying drawing in which an embodiment of my invention is shown.

In the drawings.

Figure l represents a fragment of a garment, preferably a part of a pair of trousers, with one side of a pocket opened and folded back to expose the inner safety pocket, the outline of two small supplementary pockets suitable for holding a knife, key and like articles being indicated by stitching.

Fig. 2, is a detached side elevation of the safety pocket proper. Y

Fig. 3, is an enlarged fragmentary section taken on line 2 2 Fig. 2, and showing theY bottom lapping flap in closed position in full lines and in open position in dotted lines. i Fig. 4, is a fragmentary edge view of the safety pocket.

Fig. 5, is a fragmentary enlarged side view of the upper right hand portion to illusy Y specification gf Letters Patent; Application yfiled December 28, 1916. Serial Np,

` toaside pocket of trousers,

' Patented Oct. 14, 1919'.-

Y139,232.- y. L' Y u trate -thesmall supplementaryv pockets .for holding :ya knife, V`keys, etc., ,-a portion being broken away to'eXposeV the knife and keys in position," l Y v y III referring to the embodimentofmy `invention shown in Athe accompanying drawings in detail, like numerals designate corresponding parts. i ileY my Vimprovement Y is Vshown specifically in the accompanying drawings, applied Y it is, equally ap-` plicable to and canbe fitted in pockets of other garments.. Y

In Fig. l, a portion-of a pair of trousers is shown in' which-,`1,indicatesthe cloth of the `ably'm'ade of strong and substantial clothor similar material and isVV arranged within the ordinary pocket being fastened therein at the top and leftside and `the lower right hand corner, and one part of the righthand .side edge of the safety attachment being suitably secured to one side ofV the open mouth of the pocket, 3, and the other and opposite part to the opposite side of the pocket mouth.

As shown in Fig. 2,*the safety attachment is made approximately similar Yin formr to the pocket in which it is fitted and lconsists of `two side portions or side walls 4, which arefsecured throughout their left handl side and top edges to the pocket and are also secured at the lower right hand corner to the pocket by suitable stitching, '5, 6 and 7.

They attachment is left open on theright handV side to provide a mouth y,or entrance opening for the hand and the margins, 8, of said mouth or opening aresecured by stitching,v9, to the opposite edges of theV mouth or side opening 'leading into the pocket.

The bottomof the attachmentis open but normally closed by a lapping flap,` 10, which is integral with and an extension ofthe lower part of one of rthe side portions, 4. 'i Y. e Y

vThe flap, 10, is arranged substantially as shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 4, being'v lapped over the shorter portion, 4, and fastened at its opposite side edges by stitching as shown inFig. 4. Y i i 'When the' hand is inserted the flap is pushed downward from the position shown in full lines in Fig. 3, to the position shown in dotted lines in said figure.

This allows the hand to'pass' through and into the pocket. When the hand is withdrawn, the ap automatically resumes its normal lapping position and closes the bottom opening.

For conveniently carrying a knife, keys and other small articles, I prefer to arrange a plurality of individual small supplementary pockets in the upper right hand corner of the 'safety device.

These small pockets form individual and separate receptacles for small articles Yand hold' them above vthe pocket roper and so that they may be instantlyftzilien out when desired. Y

In Figs. '1, 2 Vand 5, 'I have shown two of these small pockets, the upperV pocket, l1, being shaped to receive and hold a small pen knife while the lowerV pocket, 12, con# veniently holds a set of keys, as illustrated in Fig. 5.` f Y 5 Vhile I have described inthe foregoing specification adaptations or embodiments of my invention it should Ebe understood that the structural parts thereof may be varied,

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five 'cents each, by addressing the changed, modified or altered or one or more may be omitted or dispensed with without y.

departing from the spirit of my invention as fairly defined in the following Claim, or as may be imparted thereto by invoking the doctrine of equivalents.

Having thus described my invention, what gg,

front corner, Vone of Vthe; side walls of the i.

safety device being provided with a Hap extending upwardly over the other side wall of the said safety device in overlapping vrelationwith the same, land adapted to be opened to permit .the hand to be lpassed it throughthe safety device into the pocket. FRANK LINDEEN.

Witnesses:

W. E. CLARK, CHAs. R. GRIFFIN.'

Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C. 

